PROCESS FOR REDUCING RESIDUAL FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZABLE MONOMER CONTENT OF POLYMERS - Patent 1504041

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EP 1 504 041 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.02.2005 Bulletin 2005/06

(21)	Application number: 03726418.1

(22)	Date of filing: 23.04.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: C08F 6/00, C08F 6/26, C08K 5/14

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/012502

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/093328 (13.11.2003 Gazette 2003/46)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

29.04.2002 US 134940

(71)	Applicant: EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY
	Kingsport, TN 37660 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MARTINEZ, Jose, Pedro Kilgore, TX 75662 (US) VANDERBILT, Jeffrey, James Longview, TX 75604 (US) DOOLEY, Kenneth, Alan Longview, TX 75604 (US)

(74)	Representative: Wibbelmann, Jobst, Dr., Dipl.-Chem.
	Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff,Patent- und Rechtsanwälte,Schweigerstrasse 2 81541 München 81541 München (DE)

(54)	PROCESS FOR REDUCING RESIDUAL FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZABLE MONOMER CONTENT OF POLYMERS